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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 1977fab3865..6de71308a90 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -361,8 +361,6 @@ telephony/ - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support. time_interpolators.txt - info on time interpolators. -tipar.txt - - information about Parallel link cable for Texas Instruments handhelds. tty.txt - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer. uml/ diff --git a/Documentation/CodingStyle b/Documentation/CodingStyle index 6caa1461557..1875e502f87 100644 --- a/Documentation/CodingStyle +++ b/Documentation/CodingStyle @@ -474,25 +474,29 @@ make a good program). So, you can either get rid of GNU emacs, or change it to use saner values. To do the latter, you can stick the following in your .emacs file: -(defun linux-c-mode () - "C mode with adjusted defaults for use with the Linux kernel." - (interactive) - (c-mode) - (c-set-style "K&R") - (setq tab-width 8) - (setq indent-tabs-mode t) - (setq c-basic-offset 8)) - -This will define the M-x linux-c-mode command. When hacking on a -module, if you put the string -*- linux-c -*- somewhere on the first -two lines, this mode will be automatically invoked. Also, you may want -to add - -(setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("/usr/src/linux.*/.*\\.[ch]$" . linux-c-mode) - auto-mode-alist)) - -to your .emacs file if you want to have linux-c-mode switched on -automagically when you edit source files under /usr/src/linux. +(defun c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only (ignored) + "Line up argument lists by tabs, not spaces" + (let* ((anchor (c-langelem-pos c-syntactic-element)) + (column (c-langelem-2nd-pos c-syntactic-element)) + (offset (- (1+ column) anchor)) + (steps (floor offset c-basic-offset))) + (* (max steps 1) + c-basic-offset))) + +(add-hook 'c-mode-hook + (lambda () + (let ((filename (buffer-file-name))) + ;; Enable kernel mode for the appropriate files + (when (and filename + (string-match "~/src/linux-trees" filename)) + (setq indent-tabs-mode t) + (c-set-style "linux") + (c-set-offset 'arglist-cont-nonempty + '(c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg + c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only)))))) + +This will make emacs go better with the kernel coding style for C +files below ~/src/linux-trees. But even if you fail in getting emacs to do sane formatting, not everything is lost: use "indent". diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt index 80d150458c8..d8b63d164e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-API.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-API.txt @@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ recommended that you never use these unless you really know what the cache width is. int -dma_mapping_error(dma_addr_t dma_addr) +dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr) int -pci_dma_mapping_error(dma_addr_t dma_addr) +pci_dma_mapping_error(struct pci_dev *hwdev, dma_addr_t dma_addr) In some circumstances dma_map_single and dma_map_page will fail to create a mapping. A driver can check for these errors by testing the returned diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl index 1fd6a1ec759..8a5dc6e021f 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl @@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ <revhistory> <revision> - <revnumber>1.0 </revnumber> + <revnumber>1.0</revnumber> <date>May 30, 2001</date> <revremark>Initial revision posted to linux-kernel</revremark> </revision> <revision> - <revnumber>1.1 </revnumber> + <revnumber>1.1</revnumber> <date>June 3, 2001</date> <revremark>Revised after comments from linux-kernel</revremark> </revision> diff --git a/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt b/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt index c2321903aa0..21bc416d887 100644 --- a/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt +++ b/Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ IOVA generation is pretty generic. We used the same technique as vmalloc() but these are not global address spaces, but separate for each domain. Different DMA engines may support different number of domains. -We also allocate gaurd pages with each mapping, so we can attempt to catch +We also allocate guard pages with each mapping, so we can attempt to catch any overflow that might happen. @@ -112,4 +112,4 @@ TBD - For compatibility testing, could use unity map domain for all devices, just provide a 1-1 for all useful memory under a single domain for all devices. -- API for paravirt ops for abstracting functionlity for VMM folks. +- API for paravirt ops for abstracting functionality for VMM folks. diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt b/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt index 1443cd71d26..8a12f0730c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt +++ b/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.txt @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ the delays experienced by a task while a) waiting for a CPU (while being runnable) b) completion of synchronous block I/O initiated by the task c) swapping in pages +d) memory reclaim and makes these statistics available to userspace through the taskstats interface. @@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ this structure. See include/linux/taskstats.h for a description of the fields pertaining to delay accounting. It will generally be in the form of counters returning the cumulative -delay seen for cpu, sync block I/O, swapin etc. +delay seen for cpu, sync block I/O, swapin, memory reclaim etc. Taking the difference of two successive readings of a given counter (say cpu_delay_total) for a task will give the delay @@ -94,7 +95,9 @@ CPU count real total virtual total delay total 7876 92005750 100000000 24001500 IO count delay total 0 0 -MEM count delay total +SWAP count delay total + 0 0 +RECLAIM count delay total 0 0 Get delays seen in executing a given simple command @@ -108,5 +111,7 @@ CPU count real total virtual total delay total 6 4000250 4000000 0 IO count delay total 0 0 -MEM count delay total +SWAP count delay total + 0 0 +RECLAIM count delay total 0 0 diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c index 40121b5cca1..3f7755f3963 100644 --- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c +++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c @@ -196,14 +196,18 @@ void print_delayacct(struct taskstats *t) " %15llu%15llu%15llu%15llu\n" "IO %15s%15s\n" " %15llu%15llu\n" - "MEM %15s%15s\n" + "SWAP %15s%15s\n" + " %15llu%15llu\n" + "RECLAIM %12s%15s\n" " %15llu%15llu\n", "count", "real total", "virtual total", "delay total", t->cpu_count, t->cpu_run_real_total, t->cpu_run_virtual_total, t->cpu_delay_total, "count", "delay total", t->blkio_count, t->blkio_delay_total, - "count", "delay total", t->swapin_count, t->swapin_delay_total); + "count", "delay total", t->swapin_count, t->swapin_delay_total, + "count", "delay total", + t->freepages_count, t->freepages_delay_total); } void task_context_switch_counts(struct taskstats *t) diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/taskstats-struct.txt b/Documentation/accounting/taskstats-struct.txt index cd784f46bf8..e7512c061c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/accounting/taskstats-struct.txt +++ b/Documentation/accounting/taskstats-struct.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This document contains an explanation of the struct taskstats fields. There are three different groups of fields in the struct taskstats: 1) Common and basic accounting fields - If CONFIG_TASKSTATS is set, the taskstats inteface is enabled and + If CONFIG_TASKSTATS is set, the taskstats interface is enabled and the common fields and basic accounting fields are collected for delivery at do_exit() of a task. 2) Delay accounting fields @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ There are three different groups of fields in the struct taskstats: 5) Time accounting for SMT machines +6) Extended delay accounting fields for memory reclaim + Future extension should add fields to the end of the taskstats struct, and should not change the relative position of each field within the struct. @@ -170,4 +172,9 @@ struct taskstats { __u64 ac_utimescaled; /* utime scaled on frequency etc */ __u64 ac_stimescaled; /* stime scaled on frequency etc */ __u64 cpu_scaled_run_real_total; /* scaled cpu_run_real_total */ + +6) Extended delay accounting fields for memory reclaim + /* Delay waiting for memory reclaim */ + __u64 freepages_count; + __u64 freepages_delay_total; } diff --git a/Documentation/bt8xxgpio.txt b/Documentation/bt8xxgpio.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d8297e4ebd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/bt8xxgpio.txt @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +=============================================================== +== BT8XXGPIO driver == +== == +== A driver for a selfmade cheap BT8xx based PCI GPIO-card == +== == +== For advanced documentation, see == +== http://www.bu3sch.de/btgpio.php == +=============================================================== + + +A generic digital 24-port PCI GPIO card can be built out of an ordinary +Brooktree bt848, bt849, bt878 or bt879 based analog TV tuner card. The +Brooktree chip is used in old analog Hauppauge WinTV PCI cards. You can easily +find them used for low prices on the net. + +The bt8xx chip does have 24 digital GPIO ports. +These ports are accessible via 24 pins on the SMD chip package. + + +============================================== +== How to physically access the GPIO pins == +============================================== + +The are several ways to access these pins. One might unsolder the whole chip +and put it on a custom PCI board, or one might only unsolder each individual +GPIO pin and solder that to some tiny wire. As the chip package really is tiny +there are some advanced soldering skills needed in any case. + +The physical pinouts are drawn in the following ASCII art. +The GPIO pins are marked with G00-G23 + + G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G + 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 + 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 + | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + --| ^ ^ |-- + --| pin 86 pin 67 |-- + --| |-- + --| pin 61 > |-- G18 + --| |-- G19 + --| |-- G20 + --| |-- G21 + --| |-- G22 + --| pin 56 > |-- G23 + --| |-- + --| Brooktree 878/879 |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| |-- + --| O |-- + --| |-- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | + ^ + This is pin 1 + diff --git a/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt b/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt index 866b9cd9a95..9b53d582736 100644 --- a/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/controllers/memory.txt @@ -242,8 +242,7 @@ rmdir() if there are no tasks. 1. Add support for accounting huge pages (as a separate controller) 2. Make per-cgroup scanner reclaim not-shared pages first 3. Teach controller to account for shared-pages -4. Start reclamation when the limit is lowered -5. Start reclamation in the background when the limit is +4. Start reclamation in the background when the limit is not yet hit but the usage is getting closer Summary diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt index dcec0564d04..5b0cfa67aff 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ around '10000' or more. show_sampling_rate_(min|max): the minimum and maximum sampling rates available that you may set 'sampling_rate' to. -up_threshold: defines what the average CPU usaged between the samplings +up_threshold: defines what the average CPU usage between the samplings of 'sampling_rate' needs to be for the kernel to make a decision on whether it should increase the frequency. For example when it is set to its default value of '80' it means that between the checking diff --git a/Documentation/edac.txt b/Documentation/edac.txt index a5c36842ece..8eda3fb6641 100644 --- a/Documentation/edac.txt +++ b/Documentation/edac.txt @@ -222,74 +222,9 @@ both csrow2 and csrow3 are populated, this indicates a dual ranked set of DIMMs for channels 0 and 1. -Within each of the 'mc','mcX' and 'csrowX' directories are several +Within each of the 'mcX' and 'csrowX' directories are several EDAC control and attribute files. - -============================================================================ -DIRECTORY 'mc' - -In directory 'mc' are EDAC system overall control and attribute files: - - -Panic on UE control file: - - 'edac_mc_panic_on_ue' - - An uncorrectable error will cause a machine panic. This is usually - desirable. It is a bad idea to continue when an uncorrectable error - occurs - it is indeterminate what was uncorrected and the operating - system context might be so mangled that continuing will lead to further - corruption. If the kernel has MCE configured, then EDAC will never - notice the UE. - - LOAD TIME: module/kernel parameter: panic_on_ue=[0|1] - - RUN TIME: echo "1" >/sys/devices/system/edac/mc/edac_mc_panic_on_ue - - -Log UE control file: - - 'edac_mc_log_ue' - - Generate kernel messages describing uncorrectable errors. These errors - are reported through the system message log system. UE statistics - will be accumulated even when UE logging is disabled. - - LOAD TIME: module/kernel parameter: log_ue=[0|1] - - RUN TIME: echo "1" >/sys/devices/system/edac/mc/edac_mc_log_ue - - -Log CE control file: - - 'edac_mc_log_ce' - - Generate kernel messages describing correctable errors. These - errors are reported through the system message log system. - CE statistics will be accumulated even when CE logging is disabled. - - LOAD TIME: module/kernel parameter: log_ce=[0|1] - - RUN TIME: echo "1" >/sys/devices/system/edac/mc/edac_mc_log_ce - - -Polling period control file: - - 'edac_mc_poll_msec' - - The time period, in milliseconds, for polling for error information. - Too small a value wastes resources. Too large a value might delay - necessary handling of errors and might loose valuable information for - locating the error. 1000 milliseconds (once each second) is the current - default. Systems which require all the bandwidth they can get, may - increase this. - - LOAD TIME: module/kernel parameter: poll_msec=[0|1] - - RUN TIME: echo "1000" >/sys/devices/system/edac/mc/edac_mc_poll_msec - - ============================================================================ 'mcX' DIRECTORIES @@ -392,7 +327,7 @@ Sdram memory scrubbing rate: 'sdram_scrub_rate' Read/Write attribute file that controls memory scrubbing. The scrubbing - rate is set by writing a minimum bandwith in bytes/sec to the attribute + rate is set by writing a minimum bandwidth in bytes/sec to the attribute file. The rate will be translated to an internal value that gives at least the specified rate. @@ -537,7 +472,6 @@ Channel 1 DIMM Label control file: motherboard specific and determination of this information must occur in userland at this time. - ============================================================================ SYSTEM LOGGING @@ -570,7 +504,6 @@ error type, a notice of "no info" and then an optional, driver-specific error message. - ============================================================================ PCI Bus Parity Detection @@ -604,6 +537,74 @@ Enable/Disable PCI Parity checking control file: echo "0" >/sys/devices/system/edac/pci/check_pci_parity +Parity Count: + + 'pci_parity_count' + + This attribute file will display the number of parity errors that + have been detected. + + +============================================================================ +MODULE PARAMETERS + +Panic on UE control file: + + 'edac_mc_panic_on_ue' + + An uncorrectable error will cause a machine panic. This is usually + desirable. It is a bad idea to continue when an uncorrectable error + occurs - it is indeterminate what was uncorrected and the operating + system context might be so mangled that continuing will lead to further + corruption. If the kernel has MCE configured, then EDAC will never + notice the UE. + + LOAD TIME: module/kernel parameter: edac_mc_panic_on_ue=[0|1] + + RUN TIME: echo "1" > /sys/module/edac_core/parameters/edac_mc_panic_on_ue + + +Log UE control file: + + 'edac_mc_log_ue' + + Generate kernel messages describing uncorrectable errors. These errors + are reported through the system message log system. UE statistics + will be accumulated even when UE logging is disabled. + + LOAD TIME: module/kernel parameter: edac_mc_log_ue=[0|1] + + RUN TIME: echo "1" > /sys/module/edac_core/parameters/edac_mc_log_ue + + +Log CE control file: + + 'edac_mc_log_ce' + + Generate kernel messages describing correctable errors. These + errors are reported through the system message log system. + CE statistics will be accumulated even when CE logging is disabled. + + LOAD TIME: module/kernel parameter: edac_mc_log_ce=[0|1] + + RUN TIME: echo "1" > /sys/module/edac_core/parameters/edac_mc_log_ce + + +Polling period control file: + + 'edac_mc_poll_msec' + + The time period, in milliseconds, for polling for error information. + Too small a value wastes resources. Too large a value might delay + necessary handling of errors and might loose valuable information for + locating the error. 1000 milliseconds (once each second) is the current + default. Systems which require all the bandwidth they can get, may + increase this. + + LOAD TIME: module/kernel parameter: edac_mc_poll_msec=[0|1] + + RUN TIME: echo "1000" > /sys/module/edac_core/parameters/edac_mc_poll_msec + Panic on PCI PARITY Error: @@ -614,21 +615,13 @@ Panic on PCI PARITY Error: error has been detected. - module/kernel parameter: panic_on_pci_parity=[0|1] + module/kernel parameter: edac_panic_on_pci_pe=[0|1] Enable: - echo "1" >/sys/devices/system/edac/pci/panic_on_pci_parity + echo "1" > /sys/module/edac_core/parameters/edac_panic_on_pci_pe Disable: - echo "0" >/sys/devices/system/edac/pci/panic_on_pci_parity - - -Parity Count: - - 'pci_parity_count' - - This attribute file will display the number of parity errors that - have been detected. + echo "0" > /sys/module/edac_core/parameters/edac_panic_on_pci_pe diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 09c4a1efb8e..721c71b86e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -138,24 +138,6 @@ Who: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de> --------------------------- -What: find_task_by_pid -When: 2.6.26 -Why: With pid namespaces, calling this funciton will return the - wrong task when called from inside a namespace. - - The best way to save a task pid and find a task by this - pid later, is to find this task's struct pid pointer (or get - it directly from the task) and call pid_task() later. - - If someone really needs to get a task by its pid_t, then - he most likely needs the find_task_by_vpid() to get the - task from the same namespace as the current task is in, but - this may be not so in general. - -Who: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> - ---------------------------- - What: ACPI procfs interface When: July 2008 Why: ACPI sysfs conversion should be finished by January 2008. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/omfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/omfs.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1d0d41ff5c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/omfs.txt @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +Optimized MPEG Filesystem (OMFS) + +Overview +======== + +OMFS is a filesystem created by SonicBlue for use in the ReplayTV DVR +and Rio Karma MP3 player. The filesystem is extent-based, utilizing +block sizes from 2k to 8k, with hash-based directories. This +filesystem driver may be used to read and write disks from these +devices. + +Note, it is not recommended that this FS be used in place of a general +filesystem for your own streaming media device. Native Linux filesystems +will likely perform better. + +More information is available at: + + http://linux-karma.sf.net/ + +Various utilities, including mkomfs and omfsck, are included with +omfsprogs, available at: + + http://bobcopeland.com/karma/ + +Instructions are included in its README. + +Options +======= + +OMFS supports the following mount-time options: + + uid=n - make all files owned by specified user + gid=n - make all files owned by specified group + umask=xxx - set permission umask to xxx + fmask=xxx - set umask to xxx for files + dmask=xxx - set umask to xxx for directories + +Disk format +=========== + +OMFS discriminates between "sysblocks" and normal data blocks. The sysblock +group consists of super block information, file metadata, directory structures, +and extents. Each sysblock has a header containing CRCs of the entire +sysblock, and may be mirrored in successive blocks on the disk. A sysblock may +have a smaller size than a data block, but since they are both addressed by the +same 64-bit block number, any remaining space in the smaller sysblock is +unused. + +Sysblock header information: + +struct omfs_header { + __be64 h_self; /* FS block where this is located */ + __be32 h_body_size; /* size of useful data after header */ + __be16 h_crc; /* crc-ccitt of body_size bytes */ + char h_fill1[2]; + u8 h_version; /* version, always 1 */ + char h_type; /* OMFS_INODE_X */ + u8 h_magic; /* OMFS_IMAGIC */ + u8 h_check_xor; /* XOR of header bytes before this */ + __be32 h_fill2; +}; + +Files and directories are both represented by omfs_inode: + +struct omfs_inode { + struct omfs_header i_head; /* header */ + __be64 i_parent; /* parent containing this inode */ + __be64 i_sibling; /* next inode in hash bucket */ + __be64 i_ctime; /* ctime, in milliseconds */ + char i_fill1[35]; + char i_type; /* OMFS_[DIR,FILE] */ + __be32 i_fill2; + char i_fill3[64]; + char i_name[OMFS_NAMELEN]; /* filename */ + __be64 i_size; /* size of file, in bytes */ +}; + +Directories in OMFS are implemented as a large hash table. Filenames are +hashed then prepended into the bucket list beginning at OMFS_DIR_START. +Lookup requires hashing the filename, then seeking across i_sibling pointers +until a match is found on i_name. Empty buckets are represented by block +pointers with all-1s (~0). + +A file is an omfs_inode structure followed by an extent table beginning at +OMFS_EXTENT_START: + +struct omfs_extent_entry { + __be64 e_cluster; /* start location of a set of blocks */ + __be64 e_blocks; /* number of blocks after e_cluster */ +}; + +struct omfs_extent { + __be64 e_next; /* next extent table location */ + __be32 e_extent_count; /* total # extents in this table */ + __be32 e_fill; + struct omfs_extent_entry e_entry; /* start of extent entries */ +}; + +Each extent holds the block offset followed by number of blocks allocated to +the extent. The final extent in each table is a terminator with e_cluster +being ~0 and e_blocks being ones'-complement of the total number of blocks +in the table. + +If this table overflows, a continuation inode is written and pointed to by +e_next. These have a header but lack the rest of the inode structure. + diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt index 8c6384bdfed..64557821ee5 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt @@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ group_prealloc max_to_scan mb_groups mb_history min_to_scan order2_req stats stream_req mb_groups: -This file gives the details of mutiblock allocator buddy cache of free blocks +This file gives the details of multiblock allocator buddy cache of free blocks mb_history: Multiblock allocation history. @@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ used because pages_free(1355) is smaller than watermark + protection[2] normal page requirement. If requirement is DMA zone(index=0), protection[0] (=0) is used. -zone[i]'s protection[j] is calculated by following exprssion. +zone[i]'s protection[j] is calculated by following expression. (i < j): zone[i]->protection[j] diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt index 094f2d2f38b..510b722667a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt @@ -294,6 +294,16 @@ user-defined data with a channel, and is immediately available (including in create_buf_file()) via chan->private_data or buf->chan->private_data. +Buffer-only channels +-------------------- + +These channels have no files associated and can be created with +relay_open(NULL, NULL, ...). Such channels are useful in scenarios such +as when doing early tracing in the kernel, before the VFS is up. In these +cases, one may open a buffer-only channel and then call +relay_late_setup_files() when the kernel is ready to handle files, +to expose the buffered data to the userspace. + Channel 'modes' --------------- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt index 2d5e1e582e1..bbac4f1d905 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt @@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ shortname=lower|win95|winnt|mixed emulate the Windows 95 rule for create. Default setting is `lower'. +tz=UTC -- Interpret timestamps as UTC rather than local time. + This option disables the conversion of timestamps + between local time (as used by Windows on FAT) and UTC + (which Linux uses internally). This is particuluarly + useful when mounting devices (like digital cameras) + that are set to UTC in order to avoid the pitfalls of + local time. + <bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false TODO diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index b7522c6cbae..c4d348dabe9 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ struct file_system_type { The get_sb() method has the following arguments: - struct file_system_type *fs_type: decribes the filesystem, partly initialized + struct file_system_type *fs_type: describes the filesystem, partly initialized by the specific filesystem code int flags: mount flags @@ -895,9 +895,9 @@ struct dentry_operations { iput() yourself d_dname: called when the pathname of a dentry should be generated. - Usefull for some pseudo filesystems (sockfs, pipefs, ...) to delay + Useful for some pseudo filesystems (sockfs, pipefs, ...) to delay pathname generation. (Instead of doing it when dentry is created, - its done only when the path is needed.). Real filesystems probably + it's done only when the path is needed.). Real filesystems probably dont want to use it, because their dentries are present in global dcache hash, so their hash should be an invariant. As no lock is held, d_dname() should not try to modify the dentry itself, unless diff --git a/Documentation/gpio.txt b/Documentation/gpio.txt index c35ca9e40d4..18022e249c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpio.txt +++ b/Documentation/gpio.txt @@ -347,15 +347,12 @@ necessarily be nonportable. Dynamic definition of GPIOs is not currently standard; for example, as a side effect of configuring an add-on board with some GPIO expanders. -These calls are purely for kernel space, but a userspace API could be built -on top of them. - GPIO implementor's framework (OPTIONAL) ======================================= As noted earlier, there is an optional implementation framework making it easier for platforms to support different kinds of GPIO controller using -the same programming interface. +the same programming interface. This framework is called "gpiolib". As a debugging aid, if debugfs is available a /sys/kernel/debug/gpio file will be found there. That will list all the controllers registered through @@ -392,11 +389,21 @@ either NULL or the label associated with that GPIO when it was requested. Platform Support ---------------- -To support this framework, a platform's Kconfig will "select HAVE_GPIO_LIB" +To support this framework, a platform's Kconfig will "select" either +ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB or ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB and arrange that its <asm/gpio.h> includes <asm-generic/gpio.h> and defines three functions: gpio_get_value(), gpio_set_value(), and gpio_cansleep(). They may also want to provide a custom value for ARCH_NR_GPIOS. +ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB means that the gpio-lib code will always get compiled +into the kernel on that architecture. + +ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB means the gpio-lib code defaults to off and the user +can enable it and build it into the kernel optionally. + +If neither of these options are selected, the platform does not support +GPIOs through GPIO-lib and the code cannot be enabled by the user. + Trivial implementations of those functions can directly use framework code, which always dispatches through the gpio_chip: @@ -439,4 +446,120 @@ becomes available. That may mean the device should not be registered until calls for that GPIO can work. One way to address such dependencies is for such gpio_chip controllers to provide setup() and teardown() callbacks to board specific code; those board specific callbacks would register devices -once all the necessary resources are available. +once all the necessary resources are available, and remove them later when +the GPIO controller device becomes unavailable. + + +Sysfs Interface for Userspace (OPTIONAL) +======================================== +Platforms which use the "gpiolib" implementors framework may choose to +configure a sysfs user interface to GPIOs. This is different from the +debugfs interface, since it provides control over GPIO direction and +value instead of just showing a gpio state summary. Plus, it could be +present on production systems without debugging support. + +Given approprate hardware documentation for the system, userspace could +know for example that GPIO #23 controls the write protect line used to +protect boot loader segments in flash memory. System upgrade procedures +may need to temporarily remove that protection, first importing a GPIO, +then changing its output state, then updating the code before re-enabling +the write protection. In normal use, GPIO #23 would never be touched, +and the kernel would have no need to know about it. + +Again depending on appropriate hardware documentation, on some systems +userspace GPIO can be used to determine system configuration data that +standard kernels won't know about. And for some tasks, simple userspace +GPIO drivers could be all that the system really needs. + +Note that standard kernel drivers exist for common "LEDs and Buttons" +GPIO tasks: "leds-gpio" and "gpio_keys", respectively. Use those +instead of talking directly to the GPIOs; they integrate with kernel +frameworks better than your userspace code could. + + +Paths in Sysfs +-------------- +There are three kinds of entry in /sys/class/gpio: + + - Control interfaces used to get userspace control over GPIOs; + + - GPIOs themselves; and + + - GPIO controllers ("gpio_chip" instances). + +That's in addition to standard files including the "device" symlink. + +The control interfaces are write-only: + + /sys/class/gpio/ + + "export" ... Userspace may ask the kernel to export control of + a GPIO to userspace by writing its number to this file. + + Example: "echo 19 > export" will create a "gpio19" node + for GPIO #19, if that's not requested by kernel code. + + "unexport" ... Reverses the effect of exporting to userspace. + + Example: "echo 19 > unexport" will remove a "gpio19" + node exported using the "export" file. + +GPIO signals have paths like /sys/class/gpio/gpio42/ (for GPIO #42) +and have the following read/write attributes: + + /sys/class/gpio/gpioN/ + + "direction" ... reads as either "in" or "out". This value may + normally be written. Writing as "out" defaults to + initializing the value as low. To ensure glitch free + operation, values "low" and "high" may be written to + configure the GPIO as an output with that initial value. + + Note that this attribute *will not exist* if the kernel + doesn't support changing the direction of a GPIO, or + it was exported by kernel code that didn't explicitly + allow userspace to reconfigure this GPIO's direction. + + "value" ... reads as either 0 (low) or 1 (high). If the GPIO + is configured as an output, this value may be written; + any nonzero value is treated as high. + +GPIO controllers have paths like /sys/class/gpio/chipchip42/ (for the +controller implementing GPIOs starting at #42) and have the following +read-only attributes: + + /sys/class/gpio/gpiochipN/ + + "base" ... same as N, the first GPIO managed by this chip + + "label" ... provided for diagnostics (not always unique) + + "ngpio" ... how many GPIOs this manges (N to N + ngpio - 1) + +Board documentation should in most cases cover what GPIOs are used for +what purposes. However, those numbers are not always stable; GPIOs on +a daughtercard might be different depending on the base board being used, +or other cards in the stack. In such cases, you may need to use the +gpiochip nodes (possibly in conjunction with schematics) to determine +the correct GPIO number to use for a given signal. + + +Exporting from Kernel code +-------------------------- +Kernel code can explicitly manage exports of GPIOs which have already been +requested using gpio_request(): + + /* export the GPIO to userspace */ + int gpio_export(unsigned gpio, bool direction_may_change); + + /* reverse gpio_export() */ + void gpio_unexport(); + +After a kernel driver requests a GPIO, it may only be made available in +the sysfs interface by gpio_export(). The driver can control whether the +signal direction may change. This helps drivers prevent userspace code +from accidentally clobbering important system state. + +This explicit exporting can help with debugging (by making some kinds +of experiments easier), or can provide an always-there interface that's +suitable for documenting as part of a board support package. diff --git a/Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt b/Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt index bec9d815da3..914d07f4926 100644 --- a/Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt +++ b/Documentation/ia64/kvm.txt @@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ Note: For step 2, please make sure that host page size == TARGET_PAGE_SIZE of qe /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ia64 -smp xx -m 512 -hda $your_image (xx is the number of virtual processors for the guest, now the maximum value is 4) -5. Known possibile issue on some platforms with old Firmware. +5. Known possible issue on some platforms with old Firmware. -If meet strange host crashe issues, try to solve it through either of the following ways: +In the event of strange host crash issues, try to solve it through either of the following ways: (1): Upgrade your Firmware to the latest one. @@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ index 0b53344..f02b0f7 100644 mov ar.pfs = loc1 mov rp = loc0 ;; -- srlz.d // seralize restoration of psr.l -+ srlz.i // seralize restoration of psr.l +- srlz.d // serialize restoration of psr.l ++ srlz.i // serialize restoration of psr.l + ;; br.ret.sptk.many b0 END(ia64_pal_call_static) diff --git a/Documentation/input/cs461x.txt b/Documentation/input/cs461x.txt index afe0d6543e0..202e9dbacec 100644 --- a/Documentation/input/cs461x.txt +++ b/Documentation/input/cs461x.txt @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The driver works with ALSA drivers simultaneously. For example, the xracer uses joystick as input device and PCM device as sound output in one time. There are no sound or input collisions detected. The source code have comments about them; but I've found the joystick can be initialized -separately of ALSA modules. So, you canm use only one joystick driver +separately of ALSA modules. So, you can use only one joystick driver without ALSA drivers. The ALSA drivers are not needed to compile or run this driver. diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.txt index bfdf7f3ee4f..e35efb0cec2 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ To decode a hex IOCTL code: -Most architecures use this generic format, but check +Most architectures use this generic format, but check include/ARCH/ioctl.h for specifics, e.g. powerpc uses 3 bits to encode read/write and 13 bits for size. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ uses 3 bits to encode read/write and 13 bits for size. 7-0 function # - So for example 0x82187201 is a read with arg length of 0x218, +So for example 0x82187201 is a read with arg length of 0x218, character 'r' function 1. Grepping the source reveals this is: #define VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH _IOR('r', 1, struct dirent [2]) diff --git a/Documentation/iostats.txt b/Documentation/iostats.txt index 5925c3cd030..59a69ec67c4 100644 --- a/Documentation/iostats.txt +++ b/Documentation/iostats.txt @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ disk and partition statistics are consistent again. Since we still don't keep record of the partition-relative address, an operation is attributed to the partition which contains the first sector of the request after the eventual merges. As requests can be merged across partition, this could lead -to some (probably insignificant) innacuracy. +to some (probably insignificant) inaccuracy. Additional notes ---------------- diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/README.mISDN b/Documentation/isdn/README.mISDN new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..cd8bf920e77 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/isdn/README.mISDN @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +mISDN is a new modular ISDN driver, in the long term it should replace +the old I4L driver architecture for passiv ISDN cards. +It was designed to allow a broad range of applications and interfaces +but only have the basic function in kernel, the interface to the user +space is based on sockets with a own address family AF_ISDN. + diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 497a98dafda..e7bea3e8530 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2159,13 +2159,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file <deci-seconds>: poll all this frequency 0: no polling (default) - tipar.timeout= [HW,PPT] - Set communications timeout in tenths of a second - (default 15). - - tipar.delay= [HW,PPT] - Set inter-bit delay in microseconds (default 10). - tmscsim= [HW,SCSI] See comment before function dc390_setup() in drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c. diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt index d5c7a57d170..b56aacc1fff 100644 --- a/Documentation/keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/keys.txt @@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ payload contents" for more information. request_key_with_auxdata() respectively. These two functions return with the key potentially still under - construction. To wait for contruction completion, the following should be + construction. To wait for construction completion, the following should be called: int wait_for_key_construction(struct key *key, bool intr); diff --git a/Documentation/leds-class.txt b/Documentation/leds-class.txt index 18860ad9935..6399557cdab 100644 --- a/Documentation/leds-class.txt +++ b/Documentation/leds-class.txt @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Hardware accelerated blink of LEDs Some LEDs can be programmed to blink without any CPU interaction. To support this feature, a LED driver can optionally implement the -blink_set() function (see <linux/leds.h>). If implemeted, triggers can +blink_set() function (see <linux/leds.h>). If implemented, triggers can attempt to use it before falling back to software timers. The blink_set() function should return 0 if the blink setting is supported, or -EINVAL otherwise, which means that LED blinking will be handled by software. diff --git a/Documentation/local_ops.txt b/Documentation/local_ops.txt index 4269a1105b3..f4f8b1c6c8b 100644 --- a/Documentation/local_ops.txt +++ b/Documentation/local_ops.txt @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ It can be done by slightly modifying the standard atomic operations : only their UP variant must be kept. It typically means removing LOCK prefix (on i386 and x86_64) and any SMP sychronization barrier. If the architecture does not have a different behavior between SMP and UP, including asm-generic/local.h -in your archtecture's local.h is sufficient. +in your architecture's local.h is sufficient. The local_t type is defined as an opaque signed long by embedding an atomic_long_t inside a structure. This is made so a cast from this type to a diff --git a/Documentation/moxa-smartio b/Documentation/moxa-smartio index fe24ecc6372..5337e80a5b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/moxa-smartio +++ b/Documentation/moxa-smartio @@ -1,14 +1,22 @@ ============================================================================= - - MOXA Smartio Family Device Driver Ver 1.1 Installation Guide - for Linux Kernel 2.2.x and 2.0.3x - Copyright (C) 1999, Moxa Technologies Co, Ltd. + MOXA Smartio/Industio Family Device Driver Installation Guide + for Linux Kernel 2.4.x, 2.6.x + Copyright (C) 2008, Moxa Inc. ============================================================================= +Date: 01/21/2008 + Content 1. Introduction 2. System Requirement 3. Installation + 3.1 Hardware installation + 3.2 Driver files + 3.3 Device naming convention + 3.4 Module driver configuration + 3.5 Static driver configuration for Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x. + 3.6 Custom configuration + 3.7 Verify driver installation 4. Utilities 5. Setserial 6. Troubleshooting @@ -16,27 +24,48 @@ Content ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Introduction - The Smartio family Linux driver, Ver. 1.1, supports following multiport + The Smartio/Industio/UPCI family Linux driver supports following multiport boards. - -C104P/H/HS, C104H/PCI, C104HS/PCI, CI-104J 4 port multiport board. - -C168P/H/HS, C168H/PCI 8 port multiport board. - - This driver has been modified a little and cleaned up from the Moxa - contributed driver code and merged into Linux 2.2.14pre. In particular - official major/minor numbers have been assigned which are different to - those the original Moxa supplied driver used. + - 2 ports multiport board + CP-102U, CP-102UL, CP-102UF + CP-132U-I, CP-132UL, + CP-132, CP-132I, CP132S, CP-132IS, + CI-132, CI-132I, CI-132IS, + (C102H, C102HI, C102HIS, C102P, CP-102, CP-102S) + + - 4 ports multiport board + CP-104EL, + CP-104UL, CP-104JU, + CP-134U, CP-134U-I, + C104H/PCI, C104HS/PCI, + CP-114, CP-114I, CP-114S, CP-114IS, CP-114UL, + C104H, C104HS, + CI-104J, CI-104JS, + CI-134, CI-134I, CI-134IS, + (C114HI, CT-114I, C104P) + POS-104UL, + CB-114, + CB-134I + + - 8 ports multiport board + CP-118EL, CP-168EL, + CP-118U, CP-168U, + C168H/PCI, + C168H, C168HS, + (C168P), + CB-108 This driver and installation procedure have been developed upon Linux Kernel - 2.2.5 and backward compatible to 2.0.3x. This driver supports Intel x86 and - Alpha hardware platform. In order to maintain compatibility, this version - has also been properly tested with RedHat, OpenLinux, TurboLinux and - S.u.S.E Linux. However, if compatibility problem occurs, please contact - Moxa at support@moxa.com.tw. + 2.4.x and 2.6.x. This driver supports Intel x86 hardware platform. In order + to maintain compatibility, this version has also been properly tested with + RedHat, Mandrake, Fedora and S.u.S.E Linux. However, if compatibility problem + occurs, please contact Moxa at support@moxa.com.tw. In addition to device driver, useful utilities are also provided in this version. They are - - msdiag Diagnostic program for detecting installed Moxa Smartio boards. + - msdiag Diagnostic program for displaying installed Moxa + Smartio/Industio boards. - msmon Monitor program to observe data count and line status signals. - msterm A simple terminal program which is useful in testing serial ports. @@ -47,8 +76,7 @@ Content GNU General Public License in this version. Please refer to GNU General Public License announcement in each source code file for more detail. - In Moxa's ftp sites, you may always find latest driver at - ftp://ftp.moxa.com or ftp://ftp.moxa.com.tw. + In Moxa's Web sites, you may always find latest driver at http://web.moxa.com. This version of driver can be installed as Loadable Module (Module driver) or built-in into kernel (Static driver). You may refer to following @@ -61,8 +89,8 @@ Content ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. System Requirement - - Hardware platform: Intel x86 or Alpha machine - - Kernel version: 2.0.3x or 2.2.x + - Hardware platform: Intel x86 machine + - Kernel version: 2.4.x or 2.6.x - gcc version 2.72 or later - Maximum 4 boards can be installed in combination @@ -70,9 +98,18 @@ Content 3. Installation 3.1 Hardware installation + 3.2 Driver files + 3.3 Device naming convention + 3.4 Module driver configuration + 3.5 Static driver configuration for Linux kernel 2.4.x, 2.6.x. + 3.6 Custom configuration + 3.7 Verify driver installation + + + 3.1 Hardware installation - There are two types of buses, ISA and PCI, for Smartio family multiport - board. + There are two types of buses, ISA and PCI, for Smartio/Industio + family multiport board. ISA board --------- @@ -81,47 +118,57 @@ Content installation procedure in User's Manual before proceed any further. Please make sure the JP1 is open after the ISA board is set properly. - PCI board - --------- + PCI/UPCI board + -------------- You may need to adjust IRQ usage in BIOS to avoid from IRQ conflict with other ISA devices. Please refer to hardware installation procedure in User's Manual in advance. - IRQ Sharing + PCI IRQ Sharing ----------- Each port within the same multiport board shares the same IRQ. Up to - 4 Moxa Smartio Family multiport boards can be installed together on - one system and they can share the same IRQ. + 4 Moxa Smartio/Industio PCI Family multiport boards can be installed + together on one system and they can share the same IRQ. + - 3.2 Driver files and device naming convention + 3.2 Driver files The driver file may be obtained from ftp, CD-ROM or floppy disk. The first step, anyway, is to copy driver file "mxser.tgz" into specified directory. e.g. /moxa. The execute commands as below. + # cd / + # mkdir moxa # cd /moxa - # tar xvf /dev/fd0 + # tar xvf /dev/fd0 + or + + # cd / + # mkdir moxa # cd /moxa # cp /mnt/cdrom/<driver directory>/mxser.tgz . # tar xvfz mxser.tgz + + 3.3 Device naming convention + You may find all the driver and utilities files in /moxa/mxser. Following installation procedure depends on the model you'd like to - run the driver. If you prefer module driver, please refer to 3.3. - If static driver is required, please refer to 3.4. + run the driver. If you prefer module driver, please refer to 3.4. + If static driver is required, please refer to 3.5. Dialin and callout port ----------------------- - This driver remains traditional serial device properties. There're + This driver remains traditional serial device properties. There are two special file name for each serial port. One is dial-in port which is named "ttyMxx". For callout port, the naming convention is "cumxx". Device naming when more than 2 boards installed ----------------------------------------------- - Naming convention for each Smartio multiport board is pre-defined - as below. + Naming convention for each Smartio/Industio multiport board is + pre-defined as below. Board Num. Dial-in Port Callout port 1st board ttyM0 - ttyM7 cum0 - cum7 @@ -129,6 +176,12 @@ Content 3rd board ttyM16 - ttyM23 cum16 - cum23 4th board ttyM24 - ttym31 cum24 - cum31 + + !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + Under Kernel 2.6 the cum Device is Obsolete. So use ttyM* + device instead. + !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + Board sequence -------------- This driver will activate ISA boards according to the parameter set @@ -138,69 +191,131 @@ Content For PCI boards, their sequence will be after ISA boards and C168H/PCI has higher priority than C104H/PCI boards. - 3.3 Module driver configuration + 3.4 Module driver configuration Module driver is easiest way to install. If you prefer static driver installation, please skip this paragraph. - 1. Find "Makefile" in /moxa/mxser, then run - # make install + + ------------- Prepare to use the MOXA driver-------------------- + 3.4.1 Create tty device with correct major number + Before using MOXA driver, your system must have the tty devices + which are created with driver's major number. We offer one shell + script "msmknod" to simplify the procedure. + This step is only needed to be executed once. But you still + need to do this procedure when: + a. You change the driver's major number. Please refer the "3.7" + section. + b. Your total installed MOXA boards number is changed. Maybe you + add/delete one MOXA board. + c. You want to change the tty name. This needs to modify the + shell script "msmknod" + + The procedure is: + # cd /moxa/mxser/driver + # ./msmknod + + This shell script will require the major number for dial-in + device and callout device to create tty device. You also need + to specify the total installed MOXA board number. Default major + numbers for dial-in device and callout device are 30, 35. If + you need to change to other number, please refer section "3.7" + for more detailed procedure. + Msmknod will delete any special files occupying the same device + naming. + + 3.4.2 Build the MOXA driver and utilities + Before using the MOXA driver and utilities, you need compile the + all the source code. This step is only need to be executed once. + But you still re-compile the source code if you modify the source + code. For example, if you change the driver's major number (see + "3.7" section), then you need to do this step again. + + Find "Makefile" in /moxa/mxser, then run + + # make clean; make install + + !!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! + For Red Hat 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS3/ES3/WS3 & Fedora Core1: + # make clean; make installsp1 + + For Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4/ES4/WS4: + # make clean; make installsp2 + !!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The driver files "mxser.o" and utilities will be properly compiled - and copied to system directories respectively.Then run + and copied to system directories respectively. - # insmod mxser + ------------- Load MOXA driver-------------------- + 3.4.3 Load the MOXA driver - to activate the modular driver. You may run "lsmod" to check - if "mxser.o" is activated. + # modprobe mxser <argument> - 2. Create special files by executing "msmknod". - # cd /moxa/mxser/driver - # ./msmknod + will activate the module driver. You may run "lsmod" to check + if "mxser" is activated. If the MOXA board is ISA board, the + <argument> is needed. Please refer to section "3.4.5" for more + information. + + + ------------- Load MOXA driver on boot -------------------- + 3.4.4 For the above description, you may manually execute + "modprobe mxser" to activate this driver and run + "rmmod mxser" to remove it. + However, it's better to have a boot time configuration to + eliminate manual operation. Boot time configuration can be + achieved by rc file. We offer one "rc.mxser" file to simplify + the procedure under "moxa/mxser/driver". - Default major numbers for dial-in device and callout device are - 174, 175. Msmknod will delete any special files occupying the same - device naming. + But if you use ISA board, please modify the "modprobe ..." command + to add the argument (see "3.4.5" section). After modifying the + rc.mxser, please try to execute "/moxa/mxser/driver/rc.mxser" + manually to make sure the modification is ok. If any error + encountered, please try to modify again. If the modification is + completed, follow the below step. - 3. Up to now, you may manually execute "insmod mxser" to activate - this driver and run "rmmod mxser" to remove it. However, it's - better to have a boot time configuration to eliminate manual - operation. - Boot time configuration can be achieved by rc file. Run following - command for setting rc files. + Run following command for setting rc files. # cd /moxa/mxser/driver # cp ./rc.mxser /etc/rc.d # cd /etc/rc.d - You may have to modify part of the content in rc.mxser to specify - parameters for ISA board. Please refer to rc.mxser for more detail. - Find "rc.serial". If "rc.serial" doesn't exist, create it by vi. - Add "rc.mxser" in last line. Next, open rc.local by vi - and append following content. + Check "rc.serial" is existed or not. If "rc.serial" doesn't exist, + create it by vi, run "chmod 755 rc.serial" to change the permission. + Add "/etc/rc.d/rc.mxser" in last line, - if [ -f /etc/rc.d/rc.serial ]; then - sh /etc/rc.d/rc.serial - fi + Reboot and check if moxa.o activated by "lsmod" command. - 4. Reboot and check if mxser.o activated by "lsmod" command. - 5. If you'd like to drive Smartio ISA boards in the system, you'll - have to add parameter to specify CAP address of given board while - activating "mxser.o". The format for parameters are as follows. + 3.4.5. If you'd like to drive Smartio/Industio ISA boards in the system, + you'll have to add parameter to specify CAP address of given + board while activating "mxser.o". The format for parameters are + as follows. - insmod mxser ioaddr=0x???,0x???,0x???,0x??? + modprobe mxser ioaddr=0x???,0x???,0x???,0x??? | | | | | | | +- 4th ISA board | | +------ 3rd ISA board | +------------ 2nd ISA board +------------------- 1st ISA board - 3.4 Static driver configuration + 3.5 Static driver configuration for Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x + + Note: To use static driver, you must install the linux kernel + source package. + + 3.5.1 Backup the built-in driver in the kernel. + # cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/char + # mv mxser.c mxser.c.old + + For Red Hat 7.x user, you need to create link: + # cd /usr/src + # ln -s linux-2.4 linux - 1. Create link + 3.5.2 Create link # cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/char # ln -s /moxa/mxser/driver/mxser.c mxser.c - 2. Add CAP address list for ISA boards + 3.5.3 Add CAP address list for ISA boards. For PCI boards user, + please skip this step. + In module mode, the CAP address for ISA board is given by parameter. In static driver configuration, you'll have to assign it within driver's source code. If you will not @@ -222,73 +337,55 @@ Content static int mxserBoardCAP[] = {0x280, 0x180, 0x00, 0x00}; - 3. Modify tty_io.c - # cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ - # vi tty_io.c - Find pty_init(), insert "mxser_init()" as + 3.5.4 Setup kernel configuration - pty_init(); - mxser_init(); + Configure the kernel: - 4. Modify tty.h - # cd /usr/src/linux/include/linux - # vi tty.h - Find extern int tty_init(void), insert "mxser_init()" as + # cd /usr/src/linux + # make menuconfig - extern int tty_init(void); - extern int mxser_init(void); - - 5. Modify Makefile - # cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/char - # vi Makefile - Find L_OBJS := tty_io.o ...... random.o, add - "mxser.o" at last of this line as - L_OBJS := tty_io.o ....... mxser.o + You will go into a menu-driven system. Please select [Character + devices][Non-standard serial port support], enable the [Moxa + SmartIO support] driver with "[*]" for built-in (not "[M]"), then + select [Exit] to exit this program. - 6. Rebuild kernel - The following are for Linux kernel rebuilding,for your reference only. + 3.5.5 Rebuild kernel + The following are for Linux kernel rebuilding, for your + reference only. For appropriate details, please refer to the Linux document. - If 'lilo' utility is installed, please use 'make zlilo' to rebuild - kernel. If 'lilo' is not installed, please follow the following steps. - a. cd /usr/src/linux - b. make clean /* take a few minutes */ - c. make bzImage /* take probably 10-20 minutes */ - d. Backup original boot kernel. /* optional step */ - e. cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz + b. make clean /* take a few minutes */ + c. make dep /* take a few minutes */ + d. make bzImage /* take probably 10-20 minutes */ + e. make install /* copy boot image to correct position */ f. Please make sure the boot kernel (vmlinuz) is in the - correct position. If you use 'lilo' utility, you should - check /etc/lilo.conf 'image' item specified the path - which is the 'vmlinuz' path, or you will load wrong - (or old) boot kernel image (vmlinuz). - g. chmod 400 /vmlinuz - h. lilo - i. rdev -R /vmlinuz 1 - j. sync - - Note that if the result of "make zImage" is ERROR, then you have to - go back to Linux configuration Setup. Type "make config" in directory - /usr/src/linux or "setup". - - Since system include file, /usr/src/linux/include/linux/interrupt.h, - is modified each time the MOXA driver is installed, kernel rebuilding - is inevitable. And it takes about 10 to 20 minutes depends on the - machine. - - 7. Make utility - # cd /moxa/mxser/utility - # make install - - 8. Make special file + correct position. + g. If you use 'lilo' utility, you should check /etc/lilo.conf + 'image' item specified the path which is the 'vmlinuz' path, + or you will load wrong (or old) boot kernel image (vmlinuz). + After checking /etc/lilo.conf, please run "lilo". + + Note that if the result of "make bzImage" is ERROR, then you have to + go back to Linux configuration Setup. Type "make menuconfig" in + directory /usr/src/linux. + + + 3.5.6 Make tty device and special file # cd /moxa/mxser/driver # ./msmknod - 9. Reboot + 3.5.7 Make utility + # cd /moxa/mxser/utility + # make clean; make install + + 3.5.8 Reboot - 3.5 Custom configuration + + + 3.6 Custom configuration Although this driver already provides you default configuration, you - still can change the device name and major number.The instruction to + still can change the device name and major number. The instruction to change these parameters are shown as below. Change Device name @@ -306,33 +403,37 @@ Content 2 free major numbers for this driver. There are 3 steps to change major numbers. - 1. Find free major numbers + 3.6.1 Find free major numbers In /proc/devices, you may find all the major numbers occupied in the system. Please select 2 major numbers that are available. e.g. 40, 45. - 2. Create special files + 3.6.2 Create special files Run /moxa/mxser/driver/msmknod to create special files with specified major numbers. - 3. Modify driver with new major number + 3.6.3 Modify driver with new major number Run vi to open /moxa/mxser/driver/mxser.c. Locate the line contains "MXSERMAJOR". Change the content as below. #define MXSERMAJOR 40 #define MXSERCUMAJOR 45 - 4. Run # make install in /moxa/mxser/driver. + 3.6.4 Run "make clean; make install" in /moxa/mxser/driver. - 3.6 Verify driver installation + 3.7 Verify driver installation You may refer to /var/log/messages to check the latest status log reported by this driver whenever it's activated. + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Utilities There are 3 utilities contained in this driver. They are msdiag, msmon and msterm. These 3 utilities are released in form of source code. They should be compiled into executable file and copied into /usr/bin. + Before using these utilities, please load driver (refer 3.4 & 3.5) and + make sure you had run the "msmknod" utility. + msdiag - Diagnostic -------------------- - This utility provides the function to detect what Moxa Smartio multiport - board exists in the system. + This utility provides the function to display what Moxa Smartio/Industio + board found by driver in the system. msmon - Port Monitoring ----------------------- @@ -353,12 +454,13 @@ Content application, for example, sending AT command to a modem connected to the port or used as a terminal for login purpose. Note that this is only a dumb terminal emulation without handling full screen operation. + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Setserial Supported Setserial parameters are listed as below. - uart set UART type(16450-->disable FIFO, 16550A-->enable FIFO) + uart set UART type(16450-->disable FIFO, 16550A-->enable FIFO) close_delay set the amount of time(in 1/100 of a second) that DTR should be kept low while being closed. closing_wait set the amount of time(in 1/100 of a second) that the @@ -366,7 +468,13 @@ Content being closed, before the receiver is disable. spd_hi Use 57.6kb when the application requests 38.4kb. spd_vhi Use 115.2kb when the application requests 38.4kb. + spd_shi Use 230.4kb when the application requests 38.4kb. + spd_warp Use 460.8kb when the application requests 38.4kb. spd_normal Use 38.4kb when the application requests 38.4kb. + spd_cust Use the custom divisor to set the speed when the + application requests 38.4kb. + divisor This option set the custom divison. + baud_base This option set the base baud rate. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Troubleshooting @@ -375,8 +483,9 @@ Content possible. If all the possible solutions fail, please contact our technical support team to get more help. - Error msg: More than 4 Moxa Smartio family boards found. Fifth board and - after are ignored. + + Error msg: More than 4 Moxa Smartio/Industio family boards found. Fifth board + and after are ignored. Solution: To avoid this problem, please unplug fifth and after board, because Moxa driver supports up to 4 boards. @@ -384,7 +493,7 @@ Content Error msg: Request_irq fail, IRQ(?) may be conflict with another device. Solution: Other PCI or ISA devices occupy the assigned IRQ. If you are not sure - which device causes the situation,please check /proc/interrupts to find + which device causes the situation, please check /proc/interrupts to find free IRQ and simply change another free IRQ for Moxa board. Error msg: Board #: C1xx Series(CAP=xxx) interrupt number invalid. @@ -397,15 +506,18 @@ Content Moxa ISA board needs an interrupt vector.Please refer to user's manual "Hardware Installation" chapter to set interrupt vector. - Error msg: Couldn't install MOXA Smartio family driver! + Error msg: Couldn't install MOXA Smartio/Industio family driver! Solution: Load Moxa driver fail, the major number may conflict with other devices. - Please refer to previous section 3.5 to change a free major number for + Please refer to previous section 3.7 to change a free major number for Moxa driver. - Error msg: Couldn't install MOXA Smartio family callout driver! + Error msg: Couldn't install MOXA Smartio/Industio family callout driver! Solution: Load Moxa callout driver fail, the callout device major number may - conflict with other devices. Please refer to previous section 3.5 to + conflict with other devices. Please refer to previous section 3.7 to change a free callout device major number for Moxa driver. + + ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- + diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 7fa7fe71d7a..688dfe1e6b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ xmit_hash_policy in environments where a layer3 gateway device is required to reach most destinations. - This algorithm is 802.3ad complient. + This algorithm is 802.3ad compliant. layer3+4 diff --git a/Documentation/networking/can.txt b/Documentation/networking/can.txt index 641d2afacff..297ba7b1cca 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/can.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/can.txt @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: The Linux network devices (by default) just can handle the transmission and reception of media dependent frames. Due to the - arbritration on the CAN bus the transmission of a low prio CAN-ID + arbitration on the CAN bus the transmission of a low prio CAN-ID may be delayed by the reception of a high prio CAN frame. To reflect the correct* traffic on the node the loopback of the sent data has to be performed right after a successful transmission. If @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ solution for a couple of reasons: - stats_timer: To calculate the Socket CAN core statistics (e.g. current/maximum frames per second) this 1 second timer is invoked at can.ko module start time by default. This timer can be - disabled by using stattimer=0 on the module comandline. + disabled by using stattimer=0 on the module commandline. - debug: (removed since SocketCAN SVN r546) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt index db0cd516958..07c53d59603 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ just one call to mmap is needed: mmap(0, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0); If tp_frame_size is a divisor of tp_block_size frames will be -contiguosly spaced by tp_frame_size bytes. If not, each +contiguously spaced by tp_frame_size bytes. If not, each tp_block_size/tp_frame_size frames there will be a gap between the frames. This is because a frame cannot be spawn across two blocks. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tc-actions-env-rules.txt b/Documentation/networking/tc-actions-env-rules.txt index 01e716d185f..dcadf6f88e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/tc-actions-env-rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/tc-actions-env-rules.txt @@ -4,26 +4,27 @@ The "enviromental" rules for authors of any new tc actions are: 1) If you stealeth or borroweth any packet thou shalt be branching from the righteous path and thou shalt cloneth. -For example if your action queues a packet to be processed later -or intentionaly branches by redirecting a packet then you need to +For example if your action queues a packet to be processed later, +or intentionally branches by redirecting a packet, then you need to clone the packet. + There are certain fields in the skb tc_verd that need to be reset so we -avoid loops etc. A few are generic enough so much so that skb_act_clone() -resets them for you. So invoke skb_act_clone() rather than skb_clone() +avoid loops, etc. A few are generic enough that skb_act_clone() +resets them for you, so invoke skb_act_clone() rather than skb_clone(). 2) If you munge any packet thou shalt call pskb_expand_head in the case someone else is referencing the skb. After that you "own" the skb. You must also tell us if it is ok to munge the packet (TC_OK2MUNGE), this way any action downstream can stomp on the packet. -3) dropping packets you dont own is a nono. You simply return +3) Dropping packets you don't own is a no-no. You simply return TC_ACT_SHOT to the caller and they will drop it. The "enviromental" rules for callers of actions (qdiscs etc) are: -*) thou art responsible for freeing anything returned as being +*) Thou art responsible for freeing anything returned as being TC_ACT_SHOT/STOLEN/QUEUED. If none of TC_ACT_SHOT/STOLEN/QUEUED is -returned then all is great and you dont need to do anything. +returned, then all is great and you don't need to do anything. Post on netdev if something is unclear. diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index ea1b70b3579..928a79ceb7a 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Table of Contents p) Freescale Synchronous Serial Interface q) USB EHCI controllers r) MDIO on GPIOs + s) SPI busses VII - Marvell Discovery mv64[345]6x System Controller chips 1) The /system-controller node @@ -707,7 +708,7 @@ device or bus to be described by the device tree. In general, the format of an address for a device is defined by the parent bus type, based on the #address-cells and #size-cells properties. Note that the parent's parent definitions of #address-cells -and #size-cells are not inhereted so every node with children must specify +and #size-cells are not inherited so every node with children must specify them. The kernel requires the root node to have those properties defining addresses format for devices directly mapped on the processor bus. @@ -1776,7 +1777,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. Xilinx uartlite devices are simple fixed speed serial ports. - Requred properties: + Required properties: - current-speed : Baud rate of uartlite v) Xilinx hwicap @@ -1798,7 +1799,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. Xilinx UART 16550 devices are very similar to the NS16550 but with different register spacing and an offset from the base address. - Requred properties: + Required properties: - clock-frequency : Frequency of the clock input - reg-offset : A value of 3 is required - reg-shift : A value of 2 is required @@ -1883,6 +1884,62 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. &qe_pio_c 6>; }; + s) SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) busses + + SPI busses can be described with a node for the SPI master device + and a set of child nodes for each SPI slave on the bus. For this + discussion, it is assumed that the system's SPI controller is in + SPI master mode. This binding does not describe SPI controllers + in slave mode. + + The SPI master node requires the following properties: + - #address-cells - number of cells required to define a chip select + address on the SPI bus. + - #size-cells - should be zero. + - compatible - name of SPI bus controller following generic names + recommended practice. + No other properties are required in the SPI bus node. It is assumed + that a driver for an SPI bus device will understand that it is an SPI bus. + However, the binding does not attempt to define the specific method for + assigning chip select numbers. Since SPI chip select configuration is + flexible and non-standardized, it is left out of this binding with the + assumption that board specific platform code will be used to manage + chip selects. Individual drivers can define additional properties to + support describing the chip select layout. + + SPI slave nodes must be children of the SPI master node and can + contain the following properties. + - reg - (required) chip select address of device. + - compatible - (required) name of SPI device following generic names + recommended practice + - spi-max-frequency - (required) Maximum SPI clocking speed of device in Hz + - spi-cpol - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires + inverse clock polarity (CPOL) mode + - spi-cpha - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires + shifted clock phase (CPHA) mode + + SPI example for an MPC5200 SPI bus: + spi@f00 { + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + compatible = "fsl,mpc5200b-spi","fsl,mpc5200-spi"; + reg = <0xf00 0x20>; + interrupts = <2 13 0 2 14 0>; + interrupt-parent = <&mpc5200_pic>; + + ethernet-switch@0 { + compatible = "micrel,ks8995m"; + spi-max-frequency = <1000000>; + reg = <0>; + }; + + codec@1 { + compatible = "ti,tlv320aic26"; + spi-max-frequency = <100000>; + reg = <1>; + }; + }; + VII - Marvell Discovery mv64[345]6x System Controller chips =========================================================== @@ -1896,7 +1953,7 @@ prefixed with the string "marvell,", for Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 1) The /system-controller node This node is used to represent the system-controller and must be - present when the system uses a system contller chip. The top-level + present when the system uses a system controller chip. The top-level system-controller node contains information that is global to all devices within the system controller chip. The node name begins with "system-controller" followed by the unit address, which is diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt index 896266432d3..06da4d4b44f 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/qe_firmware.txt @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Although it is not recommended, you can specify '0' in the soc.model field to skip matching SOCs altogether. The 'model' field is a 16-bit number that matches the actual SOC. The -'major' and 'minor' fields are the major and minor revision numbrs, +'major' and 'minor' fields are the major and minor revision numbers, respectively, of the SOC. For example, to match the 8323, revision 1.0: diff --git a/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt b/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt index e938c442277..bde473df748 100644 --- a/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt +++ b/Documentation/s390/driver-model.txt @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ device 4711 via subchannel 1 in subchannel set 0, and subchannel 2 is a non-I/O subchannel. Device 1234 is accessed via subchannel 0 in subchannel set 1. The subchannel named 'defunct' does not represent any real subchannel on the -system; it is a pseudo subchannel where disconnnected ccw devices are moved to +system; it is a pseudo subchannel where disconnected ccw devices are moved to if they are displaced by another ccw device becoming operational on their former subchannel. The ccw devices will be moved again to a proper subchannel if they become operational again on that subchannel. diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt index a810421f1fb..3920f28710c 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ - Michael Lang June 25 1997: (v1.8b) - 1) Some cosmetical changes for the handling of SCSI-device-types. + 1) Some cosmetic changes for the handling of SCSI-device-types. Now, also CD-Burners / WORMs and SCSI-scanners should work. For MO-drives I have no experience, therefore not yet supported. In logical_devices I changed from different type-variables to one @@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ in version 4.0. This was never really necessary, as all troubles were based on non-command related reasons up to now, so bypassing commands did not help to avoid any bugs. It is kept in 3.2X for debugging reasons. - 5) Dynamical reassignment of ldns was again verified and analyzed to be + 5) Dynamic reassignment of ldns was again verified and analyzed to be completely inoperational. This is corrected and should work now. 6) All commands that get sent to the SCSI adapter were verified and completed in such a way, that they are now completely conform to the @@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ concerning the Linux-kernel in special, this SCSI-driver comes without any warranty. Its functionality is tested as good as possible on certain machines and combinations of computer hardware, which does not exclude, - that dataloss or severe damage of hardware is possible while using this + that data loss or severe damage of hardware is possible while using this part of software on some arbitrary computer hardware or in combination with other software packages. It is highly recommended to make backup copies of your data before using this software. Furthermore, personal diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/lpfc.txt b/Documentation/scsi/lpfc.txt index 4dbe41370a6..5741ea8aa88 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/lpfc.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/lpfc.txt @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Cable pull and temporary device Loss: being removed, a switch rebooting, or a device reboot), the driver could hide the disappearance of the device from the midlayer. I/O's issued to the LLDD would simply be queued for a short duration, allowing the device - to reappear or link come back alive, with no inadvertant side effects + to reappear or link come back alive, with no inadvertent side effects to the system. If the driver did not hide these conditions, i/o would be errored by the driver, the mid-layer would exhaust its retries, and the device would be taken offline. Manual intervention would be required to diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt index d403e46d846..75143f0c23b 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Overview: discussion will concentrate on NPIV. Note: World Wide Name assignment (and uniqueness guarantees) are left - up to an administrative entity controling the vport. For example, + up to an administrative entity controlling the vport. For example, if vports are to be associated with virtual machines, a XEN mgmt utility would be responsible for creating wwpn/wwnn's for the vport, using it's own naming authority and OUI. (Note: it already does this @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Device Trees and Vport Objects: Here's what to expect in the device tree : The typical Physical Port's Scsi_Host: /sys/devices/.../host17/ - and it has the typical decendent tree: + and it has the typical descendant tree: /sys/devices/.../host17/rport-17:0-0/target17:0:0/17:0:0:0: and then the vport is created on the Physical Port: /sys/devices/.../host17/vport-17:0-0 @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Vport States: independent of the adapter's link state. - Instantiation of the vport on the FC link via ELS traffic, etc. This is equivalent to a "link up" and successfull link initialization. - Futher information can be found in the interfaces section below for + Further information can be found in the interfaces section below for Vport Creation. Once a vport has been instantiated with the kernel/LLDD, a vport state diff --git a/Documentation/sh/clk.txt b/Documentation/sh/clk.txt index 9aef710e9a4..114b595cfa9 100644 --- a/Documentation/sh/clk.txt +++ b/Documentation/sh/clk.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ means no changes to adjanced clock Internally, the clk_set_rate_ex forwards request to clk->ops->set_rate method, if it is present in ops structure. The method should set the clock rate and adjust all needed clocks according to the passed algo_id. -Exact values for algo_id are machine-dependend. For the sh7722, the following +Exact values for algo_id are machine-dependent. For the sh7722, the following values are defined: NO_CHANGE = 0, diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt index 2ad5e6306c4..a4c53d8961e 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt @@ -236,15 +236,15 @@ The parameter can be given: alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio options snd-usb-audio index=1 device_setup=0x09 -CAUTION when initializaing the device +CAUTION when initializing the device ------------------------------------- * Correct initialization on the device requires that device_setup is given to the module BEFORE the device is turned on. So, if you use the "manual probing" method described above, take care to power-on the device AFTER this initialization. - * Failing to respect this will lead in a misconfiguration of the device. In this case - turn off the device, unproble the snd-usb-audio module, then probe it again with + * Failing to respect this will lead to a misconfiguration of the device. In this case + turn off the device, unprobe the snd-usb-audio module, then probe it again with correct device_setup parameter and then (and only then) turn on the device again. * If you've correctly initialized the device in a valid mode and then want to switch @@ -388,9 +388,9 @@ There are 2 main potential issues when using Jackd with the device: Jack supports big endian devices only in recent versions (thanks to Andreas Steinmetz for his first big-endian patch). I can't remember -extacly when this support was released into jackd, let's just say that +exactly when this support was released into jackd, let's just say that with jackd version 0.103.0 it's almost ok (just a small bug is affecting -16bits Big-Endian devices, but since you've read carefully the above +16bits Big-Endian devices, but since you've read carefully the above paragraphs, you're now using kernel >= 2.6.23 and your 16bits devices are now Little Endians ;-) ). diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/hda_codec.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/hda_codec.txt index 8e1b0252669..34e87ec1379 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/hda_codec.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/hda_codec.txt @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE kconfig. It's called when the codec needs to power up or may power down. The controller should check the all belonging codecs on the bus whether they are actually powered off (check codec->power_on), and optionally the driver may power down the -contoller side, too. +controller side, too. The bus instance is created via snd_hda_bus_new(). You need to pass the card instance, the template, and the pointer to store the diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/dapm.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/dapm.txt index c784a18b94d..b2ed6983f40 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/dapm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/dapm.txt @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Audio DAPM widgets fall into a number of types:- (Widgets are defined in include/sound/soc-dapm.h) Widgets are usually added in the codec driver and the machine driver. There are -convience macros defined in soc-dapm.h that can be used to quickly build a +convenience macros defined in soc-dapm.h that can be used to quickly build a list of widgets of the codecs and machines DAPM widgets. Most widgets have a name, register, shift and invert. Some widgets have extra diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt index 8a4863c4edd..d79eeda7a69 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ of kilobytes free. The VM uses this number to compute a pages_min value for each lowmem zone in the system. Each lowmem zone gets a number of reserved free pages based proportionally on its size. -Some minimal ammount of memory is needed to satisfy PF_MEMALLOC +Some minimal amount of memory is needed to satisfy PF_MEMALLOC allocations; if you set this to lower than 1024KB, your system will become subtly broken, and prone to deadlock under high loads. diff --git a/Documentation/timers/highres.txt b/Documentation/timers/highres.txt index a73ecf5b4bd..21332233cef 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/highres.txt +++ b/Documentation/timers/highres.txt @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ increase of flexibility and the avoidance of duplicated code across architectures justifies the slight increase of the binary size. The conversion of an architecture has no functional impact, but allows to -utilize the high resolution and dynamic tick functionalites without any change +utilize the high resolution and dynamic tick functionalities without any change to the clock event device and timer interrupt code. After the conversion the enabling of high resolution timers and dynamic ticks is simply provided by adding the kernel/time/Kconfig file to the architecture specific Kconfig and diff --git a/Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt b/Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt index b0472ac5226..f866c72291b 100644 --- a/Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt +++ b/Documentation/unaligned-memory-access.txt @@ -218,9 +218,35 @@ If use of such macros is not convenient, another option is to use memcpy(), where the source or destination (or both) are of type u8* or unsigned char*. Due to the byte-wise nature of this operation, unaligned accesses are avoided. + +Alignment vs. Networking +======================== + +On architectures that require aligned loads, networking requires that the IP +header is aligned on a four-byte boundary to optimise the IP stack. For +regular ethernet hardware, the constant NET_IP_ALIGN is used. On most +architectures this constant has the value 2 because the normal ethernet +header is 14 bytes long, so in order to get proper alignment one needs to +DMA to an address which can be expressed as 4*n + 2. One notable exception +here is powerpc which defines NET_IP_ALIGN to 0 because DMA to unaligned +addresses can be very expensive and dwarf the cost of unaligned loads. + +For some ethernet hardware that cannot DMA to unaligned addresses like +4*n+2 or non-ethernet hardware, this can be a problem, and it is then +required to copy the incoming frame into an aligned buffer. Because this is +unnecessary on architectures that can do unaligned accesses, the code can be +made dependent on CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS like so: + +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS + skb = original skb +#else + skb = copy skb +#endif + -- -Author: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> +Authors: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>, + Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> With help from: Alan Cox, Avuton Olrich, Heikki Orsila, Jan Engelhardt, -Johannes Berg, Kyle McMartin, Kyle Moffett, Randy Dunlap, Robert Hancock, -Uli Kunitz, Vadim Lobanov +Kyle McMartin, Kyle Moffett, Randy Dunlap, Robert Hancock, Uli Kunitz, +Vadim Lobanov diff --git a/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt b/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt index 2af40060949..381b22ee783 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt +++ b/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ not) in a system. This feature will allow you to implement a lock-down of USB devices, fully controlled by user space. As of now, when a USB device is connected it is configured and -it's interfaces inmediately made available to the users. With this +its interfaces are immediately made available to the users. With this modification, only if root authorizes the device to be configured will then it be possible to use it. diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/sn9c102.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/sn9c102.txt index b26f5195af5..73de4050d63 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/sn9c102.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/sn9c102.txt @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Loading can be done as shown below: [root@localhost home]# modprobe sn9c102 -Note that the module is called "sn9c102" for historic reasons, althought it +Note that the module is called "sn9c102" for historic reasons, although it does not just support the SN9C102. At this point all the devices supported by the driver and connected to the USB diff --git a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt index 8a5b5763f0f..ea8714fcc3a 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ memory that is preset in system at this time. System administrators may want to put this command in one of the local rc init files. This will enable the kernel to request huge pages early in the boot process (when the possibility of getting physical contiguous pages is still very high). In either -case, adminstrators will want to verify the number of hugepages actually +case, administrators will want to verify the number of hugepages actually allocated by checking the sysctl or meminfo. /proc/sys/vm/nr_overcommit_hugepages indicates how large the pool of diff --git a/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt b/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt index bad16d3f6a4..6aaaeb38730 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/numa_memory_policy.txt @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ most general to most specific: the policy at the time they were allocated. VMA Policy: A "VMA" or "Virtual Memory Area" refers to a range of a task's - virtual adddress space. A task may define a specific policy for a range + virtual address space. A task may define a specific policy for a range of its virtual address space. See the MEMORY POLICIES APIS section, below, for an overview of the mbind() system call used to set a VMA policy. @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ follows: Because of this extra reference counting, and because we must lookup shared policies in a tree structure under spinlock, shared policies are - more expensive to use in the page allocation path. This is expecially + more expensive to use in the page allocation path. This is especially true for shared policies on shared memory regions shared by tasks running on different NUMA nodes. This extra overhead can be avoided by always falling back to task or system default policy for shared memory regions, diff --git a/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt b/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt index 10c2e411cca..991c26a6ef6 100644 --- a/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt +++ b/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt @@ -114,6 +114,6 @@ CREDITS Original impetus and research by Randy Dunlap Written by Jonathan Corbet -Improvements via coments from Satyam Sharma, Johannes Stezenbach, Jesper +Improvements via comments from Satyam Sharma, Johannes Stezenbach, Jesper Juhl, Heikki Orsila, H. Peter Anvin, Philipp Hahn, and Stefan Richter. |